National Republican., 1887-03-14

did her friends do when she came back to
the city2 They all went out. and, in
what did they do? Read the book of Ruth and
find out. They threw up their bands and satd,
us this Naomi?" as much as to say, "How
very bad you lookg' When entered the min
istry J. looked very pale for years, and every
year, for four or tive years, q hundred times q
year, was asked i'll was not in consumption.
And passing through the room would some
times hear people sigh and cry, "Ah!. not long
for this world!' | resolved in those times that
lneyer, In any conversation, wonld say any.
thing depressing, and by the help of God /
whom speak reap and bind in the great
harvest field OF disbursement. Some days
you greet them with hilarious. Cool morn.
irgn ard they come. buzzing at,you, with some
depressing Information. The Lord sent the
hornet. 1t is astonishing how some people
Eret,r to write and to say dis0greeaLle things
Stanley returned after his magnificent exploit
OF finding DR.. David Livingstone. and when
Mr., Stanley stood before the savents
critics Of the. day, under. pretense OF
getting geographical information, pGt to MIN
most insolent questions. he folded his arms
when. you would suppose al decent men
would have applauded the heruism OF the
man there were those to hiss. The Lord sent
the hoinet And when aterward that man
sat down on the western coast of Africa, sick
and worn perhaps in the grnndcst achieve.
m6nt Of the age in the way OF geographical
discovery, there were small critics all over the
world TO buzz ana buzz, and cnTicature and
dcride him. and when few weeks after that
be got the London papers. rs he opened
them, out few the hornet. When / see that
like to say disagTCeable things aud write dis
agreeable things, come almost In my weaker
moments 70 believe what II man said to me in
Philadelphia one Monday morning. went
TO get horse that was at the livery. and tho
bOstler. plain man, said TO me, "Mr. Tai
mage saw thai yon preached to the young
No use, no use; mans u failure"
The small insect annoyapces of life some.
Times come n the shape OF Local physical
prosirniicn, but witch bothers YOU when Kenyon YOU
want TO feel the best. Perhaps it is n sick
headache which has been the plague of your
life, and you appoint some occasion Of mirth,
or !ocialIty, or u'ef,ilness and when the clock
strikes the hour y1u cdnuot make your ap'
pearance, Perhaps The trouble is between the
ear and tho forehead In the shape of neu.
thise with you; but just at the time when You
want your Intellect clearest, aud your DISPOSE
tSn brightest ySq feel sharP Keen dscon-
Perhaps these small insect aunoyances will
come in the shepe of a domestic irritation. The
Tarlor and the kitchen do not always harmon
lie. To get good service and to keep 1t IL one
Of the. Rreat, questions OF the country Some
times II may be the airJe ancy aud ingOnsider-
ateness Of employers; but whatever be the
fact, we all admit there are these insect an-
noy anCts winging their way out from the
culinary department II the grace OF God be
not in the heart of the hnnsekeeDer, she cannot
maintain her equilibrium The men come
htme at night and hear the story of these an
10! oLccs. and say, 80 thcse home troubles
aIe very little things" They are SMALL small
rs wasLs, lut they sting. Matthias nerves
Christ 10 IeProve Mary, ana there arc tens OF
Thousands Of wom' II who are dying. stuug to
ocnih by these ptsifer0ns domestic annoy
arcs The Lord sent the hornet
small
come in thGshape ofbuSlness irritallons. There
ore u'cn here who acnt through 1877 AMI Sspt.
every day uuhor'ed by little annoyanccs-a
c,Cls's ill.mannerS, o. a blot Of ink on hill Of
laoirE, or the ,XirdNGgance Oft partner who
ovrdi0Ws his account or thr nndersellmg by
tuttheFs rival, or the Whispering of business
criICnoes IN The street, or the maRiuy Oislme
l'ttIc bHd de,t which was against yolr
judgment, Just 10 please somebody else, II is
not n Q panics that kill the merchants PlNIc3
come only once in ten or twenty years It Is
tie cunstOnt din fthcse everyday annDyau9oS
wi ich Is sending so many of onr best mer-
Gud the Grhve, When oar national commerce
fell fat on its face, thPst men stnpd up and !elG
almost GefNut; hut their life isgving way nov
under the swarm Of these nestif1rous annoy
anCss. The Lord sent the hornet.
have notice In tho history OF some of my
congregation that their annoyances are mnlti-
plyinR, and that they have n hundred where
they used to have ten. The naturalist tells US
that a wasp sometimes has family oftwenty
thousand wRsps and " does seem rs lf every
annoyance of your life breeds million. By
trc help of God to-day want 90 SHOW you tho
other side. The hornet Is OF no use oh, yes !
The nnluralists tell MS they are very import
ont in the worlds economy; they kill spiders
ord they clear the atmosphere; ana really
believe God sends the annoyances OF our life
upon MS TO kill the spiders OF the soul and TO
clear the atmosphere of our skies These an
noynnces are sent on us, think, to wake us
up from our le.hargy. There is snothing that
makes man so lively as n nest OF "yellow
jackets" and l think that these annoyanees
are intended to persuade us 0fthe fact that this